Belle Isle Aquarium Re-opening on August 18th

**dmike76** · August-17-12, 09:51 AM

http://www.belleisleconservancy.org/...um_Opening.pdf

It's going to be completely volunteer run and will only be open from 10-3 on the first Sunday of the month and 2nd and 3rd Saturdays of the month, but hey. IT'S OPEN! No admission fee. I look forward to seeing it open on a more regular basis if/when [[hopefully, when) the state takes over management of Belle Isle.

**jpbollma** · August-17-12, 10:00 AM

Fantastic News!

**jolla** · August-17-12, 10:15 AM

It is! I plan on going next month.

**Danny** · August-17-12, 10:33 AM

YAY! I haven't been the Belle Isle Aquarium in 17 years.

**Malcove Magnesia** · August-17-12, 03:29 PM

lame practical question: do the fish stay in the tanks the entire time or do they take them out while the doors are locked?

**Ronjm23** · August-17-12, 03:49 PM

I'm not certain but I believe that they will not move the fish. Incredibly fish are pretty sensitive to changes in water temp and Ph. Changes can cause stress, shock, & death. I was saddened to hear of the closing. I had visited the aquarium many times in my youth. Glad that it is re-opening.

**stromberg2** · August-17-12, 05:10 PM

Will they restock all the tanks?

Stromberg2

**DetroitPlanner** · August-17-12, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by stromberg2

Will they restock all the tanks?

Yes, they are restocked with fish caught in the Detroit River. Nothing but Carp and Walleye!

**ThisIsForTheHeart** · August-17-12, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by dmike76

http://www.belleisleconservancy.org/...um_Opening.pdf

It's going to be completely volunteer run and will only be open from 10-3 on the first Sunday of the month and 2nd and 3rd Saturdays of the month, but hey. IT'S OPEN! No admission fee. I look forward to seeing it open on a more regular basis if/when [[hopefully, when) the state takes over management of Belle Isle.

Did not know it was shut down again. I took some people who where here from Sweden from work in the spring time to the Belle Isle Aquarium. They loved it and we found NEMO.

**Ronjm23** · August-19-12, 11:57 AM

The aquarium was to reopen yesterday. Did anyone attend and if so, how did it go? Was there a large crowd in attendance?

**Ltdave** · August-19-12, 05:07 PM

reopen as in FOR GOOD reopen? or just another here and there opening?

will DEFINITELY be making a trip down if its open for any length of time/regular hours...

**KJ5** · August-20-12, 03:04 AM

Funny how I didn't go there for so many years, but now I'm going to take pains to make it there during their extremely limited hours. You never know what you got..

**Guideboat** · August-20-12, 04:46 PM

Here's the press release from the Belle Isle Conservancy. Looks like it will be open regularly 3 days per month. http://www.belleisleconservancy.org/...um_Opening.pdf

**Rocko** · January-08-13, 09:25 PM

I took my fiance to the Aquarium on the Saturday after Christmas. She had never been [[a native of New England), and I hadn't been in about 10 years....when I was probably 17 or 18. We got there a few minutes after they opened at 10:00 and I expected the place to be mostly dead. I was most pleasantly surprised! We followed what looked like a group or high school or college kids in, and the visitors just kept on coming behind us. Lots of families. It was awesome! Busier than I remember it as a kid. And I like how they incorporated several exhibits in about Aquarium and Belle Isle history amongst those tanks which currently do not have aquatic occupants. I was impressed and wished I had more than $10 on me to drop in their donation box.